NUTS-3 SE212 · Sweden
Kronobergs län
Export region data (CSV)Kronobergs län generates €10bn of GDP across 203.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (92th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (15th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.6
Livability57.9
Market access30
Economic scale60
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
53
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability8
Labour stability79
Diversification69
Demographic stability56
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
14.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access4
Market access30
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning99
Knowledge workers80
Scientists & engineers63
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
79
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.9 µg/m³
PM1010.2 µg/m³
NO210.1 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
57.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs54
Education63.5
Health92
Safety44
Connectivity15
Environment79.7
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
36.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Trade · transport · ICT · 25.9%Diversified · HHI 2142
Agriculture 2.9%Industry 22.5%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 25.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.1%Public · health · education 22.7%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,134M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€265M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,057M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,916M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€533M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,369M
2024 · EU pctl 69
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,000
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 77
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,800
2024 · EU pctl 83
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,919M
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,769M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€18,774M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€547M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — information & communication (J)
€568M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,836M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,074M
2024 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
107,480
2024 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
6,600
2024 · EU pctl 22
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,100
2024 · EU pctl 54
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.6%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
22.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,507
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise births
1,096
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise deaths
864
2023 · EU pctl 45
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 59
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
23
2012 · EU pctl 59
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
123 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 58
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.6%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.1%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
35.5%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.0%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
875,293
2024 · EU pctl 49
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
530 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
154
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
123,396
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged 65+
44,823
2025 · EU pctl 38
Population aged under 15
35,132
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
41.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 10
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
1,836
2024 · EU pctl 50
Deaths
1,859
2024 · EU pctl 29
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 5
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
819 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
660 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,858 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
191 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 1
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 8
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 34
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 47
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